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      artenpie
      last edited by

      pfSense+ 24.11 beta Oct 31 build. Upgrade from 24.3 was smooth.

      When updating a URL blocklist alias, I see the following in my system logs:

      Nov 8 06:17:31 	php-cgi 	96331 	rc.update_urltables: /etc/rc.update_urltables: Updated ET_Block content from https://rules.emergingthreats.net/fwrules/emerging-Block-IPs.txt: 11 addresses added.
Nov 8 06:17:31 	php-cgi 	96331 	rc.update_urltables: The command '/usr/bin/tar -czf '/cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store/ET_Block.txt.tgz' -C / '/var/db/aliastables/ET_Block.txt'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'tar: Failed to open '/cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store/ET_Block.txt.tgz''

      The table does get updated, so perhaps this is cosmetic. FWIW, I use RAM disks for /tmp and /var, each set for 256MB.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Are you manually updating it to trigger this?

        Does it happen at every update or only when there are updates to the alias?

        Steve

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        • rlinnemannR
          rlinnemann Netgate Developer @artenpie
          last edited by

          To me, this looks like the /cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store directory hasn't been created, so while the table is updated on the live system the archive hasn't been stored to the ram disk. I will make a small correction.

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            artenpie @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 For that example, I manually triggered a table update. But it happens when the updates occur on schedule. I have four blocklists defined - here is from earlier today:

            Nov 8 12:30:14 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: /etc/rc.update_urltables: Updated Threatview content from https://threatview.io/Downloads/IP-High-Confidence-Feed.txt: 11 addresses added.
Nov 8 12:30:14 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: The command '/usr/bin/tar -czf '/cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store/Threatview.txt.tgz' -C / '/var/db/aliastables/Threatview.txt'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'tar: Failed to open '/cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store/Threatview.txt.tgz''
Nov 8 12:30:13 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: /etc/rc.update_urltables: Updated FireHOLweb content from https://iplists.firehol.org/files/firehol_webclient.netset: 25 addresses added.
Nov 8 12:30:13 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: The command '/usr/bin/tar -czf '/cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store/FireHOLweb.txt.tgz' -C / '/var/db/aliastables/FireHOLweb.txt'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'tar: Failed to open '/cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store/FireHOLweb.txt.tgz''
Nov 8 12:30:08 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: /etc/rc.update_urltables: Updated ET_Compromised content from https://rules.emergingthreats.net/blockrules/compromised-ips.txt: 162 addresses added.
Nov 8 12:30:08 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: The command '/usr/bin/tar -czf '/cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store/ET_Compromised.txt.tgz' -C / '/var/db/aliastables/ET_Compromised.txt'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'tar: Failed to open '/cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store/ET_Compromised.txt.tgz''
Nov 8 12:30:08 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: /etc/rc.update_urltables: ET_Block does not need updating.
Nov 8 12:30:08 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: /etc/rc.update_urltables: Starting URL table alias updates
Nov 8 12:30:01 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: /etc/rc.update_urltables: Sleeping for 7 seconds.
Nov 8 12:30:01 	php-cgi 	37922 	rc.update_urltables: /etc/rc.update_urltables: Starting up.

            Thanks for looking at this - much appreciated.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Ah, so it is only when addresses are added to the alias. Let me try to replicate it...

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              • rlinnemannR
                rlinnemann Netgate Developer @artenpie
                last edited by

                @artenpie can you verify for me whether or not the /cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store directory actually exists?

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                  artenpie @rlinnemann
                  last edited by

                  @rlinnemann No, the only subdirectory there is /cf/conf/backup/

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                    marcosm Netgate
                    last edited by

                    For reference:
                    https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15830

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                    • Bob.DigB
                      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @marcosm
                      last edited by Bob.Dig

                      @marcosm Is this the same?

                      Screenshot 2024-11-13 092706.png

                      I get an error message, when I reboot my machine at night times via cron. Because of all the fuzz about disk writes, I use the RAM Disk in pfSense lately and haven't seen this message before, I think. Think, because I constantly change things... 😵

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Hmm, how are you rebooting? Those should get backed and restored at boot when you have ram disks.

                        I'm running that combination here and don't see that error.

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                          artenpie @marcosm
                          last edited by

                          @marcosm This patch worked in the beta, and the issue is not present in the RC. Here is the target directory with the backup files present after upgrading the beta to RC and then running the update of the URL blocklists. Everything appears correct.

                          /cf/conf/RAM_Disk_Store 
 ET_Block.txt.tgz	6.06 KiB
 ET_Compromised.txt.tgz	4.24 KiB
 FireHOLweb.txt.tgz	14.22 KiB
 Threatview.txt.tgz	5.98 KiB
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                          • rlinnemannR
                            rlinnemann Netgate Developer @artenpie
                            last edited by

                            @artenpie thanks for confirming!

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